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Dunstan Times, Issue 3334, 16 August 1926, Page 2

Simplified spelling is evidently making progress in America. At a recent meeting of the Simplified Spelling Hoard at the Men’s Faculty Club of Columbia University it was announced that already nearly (500 American newspapers have adopted six of (he- 00.000 words which the hoard would like to see respelt. The first six are “thorp. thru’ program, catalog. and pr-dngog. With their compounds and derivations, however, it is possible to claim that simplified spelling has triumphed in the case of 24 words. The hoard’s system is to assign one spelling to one sound, it was staled. As filings are at present, it is possible ( according to Mie board! to spcl] the word “foolish’ ’ in fdfi.fUo different: way. “ Hplmuglitliansh’’ is one of them, th’s merry pyin being coiv-trncl-ed hv taking parts of the word from “sapphire, through, hustle, marriage. am l pshaw.’’

The newest thing M weddings in Condon is to have a film instead of a. "Imtograph of (he iiaupv ev<mi. s-> thai fl ,, -*i , ‘> is a liv’ng record 1 for future veers. borne film companies are sni'■■la 1 i o"ig in making marriage films, ‘hough now so many people have ehm'•apieras oif their own often friemds n l ' Ihe bride and bridegroom make the record.